Linux Voice Introduction
Linux Voice Introduction
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This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
Some of us old-schoolers still have nightmares over the ridiculous excesses of Microsoft's Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) era, in which they sought to portray Linux as a scary virus that infects everything it touches. Through court proceedings, corporate disinformation, and PR shenanigans, the rascals of Redmond really tried to make Linux disappear. But the truth is, they lost and Linux won. Readers of this magazine don't have to be told that, of course, although sweet victories are always worth remembering. It is all so different now, with Microsoft contributing to the Linux kernel and even serving as a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation. You can even set up your own Ubuntu Linux instance in Microsoft's Azure cloud, and in this month's tutorial, we show you how to do it. Also in Linux Voice, we pretty up the terminal window and introduce you to some tools for transforming web pages into ebooks.
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